Even though Queen started the ’80s – an era notoriously unkind to ’70s rock bands – in a pretty good place, not even they could leave the decade
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With Pocket Full of Kryptonite, Spin Doctors tried to be a whole bunch of different things at once. What’s amazing is how well it all
Momentum was already in the favor of Kiss when they were approached by Interscope Records to cover Argent’s “God Gave Rock and Roll to You”
Rage Against the Machine’s 1996 single “People of the Sun” was a tidal wave of piercing vocals, searing guitar riffs and frenetic energy. It also
There are several segments to Paul Simon’s “You Can Call Me Al,” the lead single from his lauded 1986 album, Graceland, and every one of them is
All bands grow old, but not all bands grow up — and the members of Poison proved they still had plenty of youthful rage left in
Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts wasn’t typically known for his ego. But on one occasion, the typically introverted drummer let it clearly be known how he
In the mid-’80s Paul McCartney was eager to redeem himself as an artist after the significant flop of his 1984 soundtrack album Give My Regards to Broad
Paul Simon needed the talents of others to create Graceland. Not in an abstract, inspirational kind of way, according to many of the artists who worked on
It was clear Pantera’s days were numbered long before they played their final concert on Aug. 26, 2001, in Yokohama, Japan, bringing one of metal’s